What I'm working on I'd classify as Americana. It's not from New Jersey, it's not The Gaslight Anthem, in fact, it's not even mine, but it's ours... I'm looking to the people who used folk and country music as a tradition and took what was past and moved forward. Wilco, Ryan Adams, Steve Earle, Guy Clark, the Highwaymen, Bob Dylan, etc... I'm not writing about straw hats and gin joints. I'm not writing about nostalgia or a time I wasn't born it. I'm writing about the last two years of my life since we wrote Handwritten. This project is going to be based on things I learned early on musically, which were my mother's folk songs. We also listened to a lot of early country. I'd like to write my years down.

Last October, Fallon confirmed plans for a new solo album to be recorded in 2013.

I like that the criticisms of his writing have become so repetitious and hackneyed that he's attempting to preemptively address them. I still can't wait for this to come out and people be like, "What's all this talk about, 'the open road," and 'sleepless nights,'? It's not 1923 anymore, you damn hippy!"

Sorry in advance--I'm not a Gaslight fan--but throw in a couple "machines" and that could have come directly from Tom Delonge, it's so pretentious and self-aggrandizing. Except at least Tom doesn't have to resort to name-dropping.

K, I'm staying off this website for the rest of the day now, so I don't have to hear about how wrong I am and how poor my comprehension skills are.

If anything, it's the first and second, but I'd replace "delusional" with "naive."
I know he used to SAY TGA was born ready for arenas, but I think now that they're there he's going to hate everyone being a yes man to him.

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I'm definitely not a fan of this band, but I've started appreciating their records for the production alone. I like records where the flaws are conscious, or even constructed.

I mean, since '59, they've seem to have been able to fool all of ya'll that they're anything but an incredibly generic rock band. That's quite a few and it's all thanks to their attention to detail in the production.

I remember people on here going mad about the slap-back before this record was released - but it was a great choice, wasn't it? That record is bar-rock taken to its most generic, but the production presents it in a likable and endearing way. The amp settings are absolutely brilliant. I wonder if that's due to pre-pro or if it was just a fluke, because they've never been able to nail it like that since '59.

I mean, isn't presentation and production actually part of the music though? I get the point you're making, but it seems still a bit like 'well, if you take the things that are distinctive about them away, they are sooooooooo generic'.

No, that's not a part of the actual songs they're writing. Let's make this clear though, I'm not using generic in a bad way. I frequently put on new york hardcore and go "YES!!" for fucks sake.

They just managed to make incredibly generic substance that somehow seems unique due to the style they slap on it afterwards. That makes you lot think their music is of that style as well and I find that very interesting. I mean, I spent a few years recording really generic, bad bands - so I know how uninteresting most bar-rock bands are.

Fair enough, I never really got into Gaslight enough to have substantive debates about their merits usually. I guess I was just thinking that production sometimes is a super important part of distinguishing styles and can sometimes be just as important for a genre as what notes are being played. Like, a crust riff can be the same as a pop punk riff, but the production and presentation is a lot different.

All the criticism of Brian Fallon and his band is hilarious. I love some stuff he's done, other stuff, not so much. But jesus, at least he maintains some semblance of honesty and sincerity - a pretty difficult thing to do given the rapid nature and huge range of their rise. So much of the criticism really reeks of people pissed off at their success and the changes it brought. No doubt if he was still playing basements and throwing out these kinds of statements he would still be lauded by most the orgers. If Chuck Ragan said it, it'd be different. They can't stay you're secret forever, kids.

I'm not defending the band or anything, but I'd say the range of their popularity is pretty impressive. I honestly can't think of any other band who've played the festivals they've played in the last few years. Not a single one. Them playing Download with high billing really hit me hard (four from the top is a BIG CALL). They played Glastonbury early on as well as playing Orion Music last year. I honestly can't think of a single band who've played all those things AND Download, which is a metal festival.

They started headlining pretty early on in Europe as well. They played 600-1000 capacity rooms in early '09, 6 months after the release of '59. That was a great bill though, with Polar Bear Club and Frank Turner opening.

The mainstream definitely didn't get involved and I agree that the last record didn't take them to that next level (though it did get some radio play early on, right?) - but it's still a very respectable rise for someone as new as them who spent their first 5 years on S1D. I mean, who's comparable to that? Fake Problems? *giggle*.

They are playing Download again this year as well, 3rd down. That's honestly absolutely mental for a band like them. They're below Rammstein and 30 Seconds To Mars. Both of those make sense for Download in their respective niches, but someone like Gaslight being that high is honestly unheard of. They definitely deserve that after their 2011 gig though, I was amazed at how good they were at handling crowds that size in rain.

Got a LITTLE radio play, as the singles on the previous ones had. Record was definitely a flop as far as major labels are concerned. I agree with the sentiment they've done a lot, quickly, for an indie band. I also feel like they're pulling more weight or are most respectable in Europe than here. I've heard their headline numbers here are very deceptive. They're definitely "big" in the "punk news" world type setting, but aren't what a lot of people here believe them to be.